European risk assessment guidance for infectious diseases transmitted on aircraft - the RAGIDA project

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Leitmeyer, K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LASSA FEVER; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955640879     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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